Letters: Low wages, immigration

Sen. Orrin Hatch seems to have bought into the ludicrous assertion by business interests and Democrats that low wages equal good economics. This is wrong.

Sen. Orrin Hatch seems to have bought into the ludicrous assertion by business interests and Democrats that low wages equal good economics. This is wrong.

For starters, impoverishing your customer base is not good for business. Deliberately trying to lower wages, which is what "immigration reform" is really all about, is political suicide and socially insane.

Anyone who has taken even the most basic introduction to economics class can
tell you that supply and demand is the most fundamental law of economics. At a
time when demand for labor is low, we're contemplating a law that will
greatly increase
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12:47 a.m. June 20, 2013

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Mountanman

Hayden, ID

If Democrats claim they want higher wages for workers why are they always in
favor of amnesty and open immigration for illegals?